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March 28, 2023
The University of Texas confirmed that interim men's basketball coach Rodney Terry has been promoted to full-time head coach,.
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March 27, 2023
The University of Texas at Austin has developed a new outdoor exhibit highlighting the stories of its first Black students…
October 5, 2022
Former WNBA player Tiffany Jackson passed away on Monday at age 37 after a battle with breast cancer.
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April 12, 2022
Destiny Brannon went viral in 2018 after her valedictorian title was stripped by a Texas high school due to an…
February 25, 2022
John S. Chase, the first Black graduate of the University of Texas School of Architecture, is being remembered and honored.
May 20, 2021
The University of Texas has hired the first Black director of the Longhorn marching band, Cliff Croomes, who is an…
March 9, 2021
The University of Texas song 'Eyes of Texas' is here to stay following a push by athletes for it to…
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July 23, 2020
The Students for Fair Admissions filed a lawsuit on behalf of two white students claiming the University of Texas did…
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November 7, 2018
Andrew Jones, the University of Texas guard stepped back into the game to rousing applause after a long battle with…
December 9, 2015
Today, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in yet another racial affirmative action case involving college admissions...
August 31, 2015
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A statue of the president of the secessionist pro-slavery southern states was removed from its pedestal…
August 14, 2015
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The University of Texas will move a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis away from the…
May 12, 2015
DALLAS (AP) — Pity Jefferson Davis, if you will. Vandals have defaced his statue on the University of Texas campus...
January 17, 2014
(AP) - At the University of Texas, football is religion. At Penn State University, they need football for redemption...
August 29, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The University of Texas at Austin has released a statement in regards to the the alleged 'bleach…
August 27, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - An African-American student at the University of Texas at Austin says he was hit with a bleach-filled…
June 25, 2013
OPINION - The Supreme Court did not dismantle affirmative action in its long-awaited ruling on Monday. It didn’t really affirm…
June 24, 2013
ANALYSIS - The Supreme Court's ruling Monday, while not the death blow to affirmative action that many of its supporters…
June 24, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Justice Clarence Thomas again urged the end of affirmative action on Monday, writing a fiery concurring opinion…
June 24, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The U.S. Supreme Court did not outlaw affirmative action in a widely-anticipated opinion today, instead issuing a…